Revision of total ankle arthroplasty: Survival and medium-term functional results.

Background: The objective of this study was to analyze the results and survivorship of total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) revision surgery with standard (Salto Talaris®) or revision (Salto Talaris XT®) implants.

Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2017, all patients undergoing TAA revision at our hospital were included. Indications for revision, type of surgery performed, improvement in function assessed with the AOFAS score, occurrence of complications and implant survival at last follow-up were analyzed.

Perioperative complications and causes of 30- and 90-day readmission after direct anterior approach primary total hip arthroplasty.

Unlabelled: We aimed to report causes of readmission 30 and 90 days following a total hip arthroplasty (THA) using the direct anterior approach (DAA).

Methods: Three hundred and two patients (335 hips) underwent a DAA-THA for primary osteoarthritis.

Results: The main reasons for 30 and 90-day readmission were wound related problems, dislocation (rate: 0.

Case of femoral pseudarthrosis due to Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompetent patient with successful conservative treatment and review of literature.

Scedosporium apiospermum is a ubiquitous filamentous fungus, commonly found in soil, sewage and polluted waters. It is rarely pathogenic but can cause a broad spectrum of clinical diseases, which can be localised or disseminate to distant organs. The disseminated form of the disease is mostly seen among immunocompromised patients.

Clinical, histological, and biochemical predictors of postsurgical neuropathic pain.

Surgical nerve injury sometimes leads to chronic postsurgical neuropathic pain (CPSNP). The risk factors for this condition are not well understood. We prospectively assessed 46 patients scheduled for iliac crest bone harvest, 2 days (D2) and 3 months (M3) after surgery, to determine the time course of nerve fiber degeneration and expression of the TNF-α and NGF genes in skin punch biopsies.

Supramalleolar osteotomy: techniques, indications and outcomes in a series of 83 cases.

Introduction: Supramalleolar osteotomy is an alternative surgical procedure for the management of asymmetric early arthritis of the ankle. The main goal of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological benefits of supramalleolar osteotomy. The secondary goal was to identify prognostic factors to help decide upon this therapeutic indication.